HyperDic: pinniped_mammal

English > 1 sense of the expression pinniped mammal:
NOUNanimalpinniped mammal, pinniped, pinnatipedaquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
English > pinniped mammal: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningaquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers.
Synonymspinniped, pinnatiped
Member ofPinnipedia, suborder Pinnipediaseals
podA group of aquatic mammals
NarrowersealAny of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed
walrus, seahorse, sea horseEither of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
Broaderaquatic mammalwhales and dolphins
Spanishpinnipedia, pinnípedo, pinnípedos
Catalanpinnípede, Pinnipedia, pinnípedo

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